Born in New York City, E. Ethelbert Miller serves as the director of
the African American Resource Center at Howard University, a position
he has held since 1974. He is the author of six books of poetry: Migrant
Worker, Season of Hunger/Cry of Rain, Women Surviving
Massacres and Men, Where are the Love Poems for Dictators?,
First Light: Selected and New Poems and In Search of Color
Everywhere. In addition, Ethelbert Miller is the founder and director
of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series, one of the oldest literary series
in the Washington area. He is also the host of the popular weekly radio
program, "Maiden Voyage," on WDCU-FM and a commentator for
National Public Radio. Recently a visiting professor at the University
of Nevada, Las Vegas, he is now a member of the board of directors of
Associated Writing Programs. [extracted from 1993 brochure]